Display stand



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DI SPLAY STAND FiledJan. 3, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 I VENTRS (1 M fiwmj II BY M W ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 16, 1934 DISPLAY STAND Dominic J..Offery and Ruben Stier, Bloomfield, N. J.

Application January 3, 1933', SerialNo. 649,828

4 Claims. (01. 211-431) This invention relates in general to displaystands, and more particularly to a display stand especially for use indisplaying fruits, vegetables and the like in an attractive and sanitarymanner.

One object of the invention is to provide a display stand including avertical standard and novel and improved means for separably mountingarticle supports or receptacles thereon,

whereby said supports or receptacles can be 1 easily and quickly mountedupon and removed from the stand for any desired purpose.

A further object is to provide a display stand of the characterdescribed including a vertical support or standard and novel andimproved 15 article retaining trays, shelves or receptacles wherebydifierent kinds of articles can be easily and attractively arranged inassorted relation on said display stand.

Other objects are to provide such a display stand including a novel andimproved construction and combination of article retaining trays,shelves or receptacles arranged in vertically spaced superposed relationon a vertical standard or support, whereby a large quantity of articlescan be arranged in a minimum of floor or counter space; to provide adisplay stand of this character including a vertical standard, a traymounted coaxially thereon, and a novel and improved vertical spacer orpartition member for dividing said tray into a plurality of articlereceiving compartments spaced horizontally in surrounding relation tosaid standard;

to provide a novel and improved combination of such a spacer orpartition member with ver-- tically spaced trays, shelvesor receptaclesfor holding aplurality of articles; and to obtain other advantages andresults as will be brought 7 out by the following description.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings in which corresponding and likeparts. are designated throughout the several views by the same referencecharacters,

Figure 1 is a side-f elevation of a' display stand embodying ourinvention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 33 ofFigure 2. Figure l is a horizontal sectional view on the line 44 ofFigure 1, some of the article receptacles being omitted.

Figure 5 is a similar view on the line 5-5 of Fi ure 1, and g radiatingarms 19.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view .on the line 66 of'Figure 1.

Specifically describing the illustrated embodiment or"- the invention,'ourdisplay stand includes a base A and a vertical standard B.Preferably the vertical standard comprises a plurality of pipe sections.1, 2 and 3, one of which is screw-threaded into the base A at 4 and theother two of which are connected-in. axial alinementv with each otherand the first section by couplings 5 and 6. v The coupling 5 has anannular shoulder 7 on which is rotatably mounted a horizontal bracket 8which comprises a hub 9 surrounding the. coupling, and a plurality ofradiating arms 10 7 which are disposed in radial relation to thestandard B, and on which are removably mounted receptacles, trays orsupports 12.- In the present instance there are ,four arms 10 and eacharm has a laterally projecting horizontal 75, hook 11 at each sidethereof adjacent its free end. One article receptacle, tray for support,12 Earranged between each two'adjacent arms 10 and has openings 13 inits side walls separably fit ting over the corresponding hooks 11.Between so each two adjacent arms 10, a pair of vertically spaced andradiallyproje'cting lugs 14 are pro: vided on the hub 9 of the bracket8,and each, receptacle12ois provided with an opening 15 to receive oneof said lugs. The openings 15 are 35 arranged adjacent the upper edgesof the receptacle ,12, so that when one lug 14 is inserted through saidopening, the other lug 1'4 overlies the top of the receptacle as clearlyshown in Figures 3 and 4, and a portion of the receptacle is receivedbetween said lugs.' The receptacles are thereby separably mounted on thebracket 8 and firmly held against accidental displacement, and yet thereceptacles can be easily and quickly mounted upon and removed from thebracket for any desired purpose, for example for transporting thearticles in the receptacles or for filling or emptying the receptacles.The rece'ptacles 12 may be or" any suitable shape and forni but areshown in the nature of baskets or pans suitable for receivingvegetables, fruit or the like. The receptacles may have ventilated sidewalls 16, or the Walls may be provided with suitable transparencies fordisplaying the articles.

On the coupling 6 is mounted a bracket 1'7 which comprises a hub 18 and.a plurality of A tray, receptacle or pan 20 is mounted on the bracket 17and coaxially surrounds the standard B. Upon the tray 20 is mounted apartition member 21 which com- L10 prises a tubular portion 22telescopically surrounding the standard B and having a plurality ofradiating vertical wings 220 for providing a plurality of horizontallyspaced compartments above the tray 20. This partition member may beformed in any suitable way, but preferably comprises two sheets of metal23 suitably bent into U-shape and connected by strips of metal 24 whichmay be brazed, soldered or otherwise secured to the pieces 23.Preferably the free edges of the wings 220 are inclined from their basestoward the standard as at 240.

For closing the compartments formed between the wings 220 of thepartition member, we may provide approximately triangular plates 25,which may be formed of glass or other transparent material and each ofwhich has its lower edge mounted on the tray 20 and its side edges inabutting relation to the adjacent sides of two adjacent wings. With sucha construction and arrangement 'of the parts,, the compartments may beclosed and at the same time the articles therein may be attractivelydisplayed.

It may be desirable to further divide the compartments betweenthe wings,and for this purpose we may utilize an approximately vertical plate 26between each two adjacent wings, said plate resting upon the tray 20 andbeing sup-- ported at its ends by guide members 27 secured to the sidesof the wings 220 and having flanges 28 projecting angularly from saidwings. With such a construction, the plates 26 may be vertically .sliddownwardly between the guide flanges 28 and the respective wings 220with their lower edges resting on the tray 20, so that the plates willbe supported in vertical position. The plates 26 will then serve toretain articles on the tray 20.

Other shelf like supports may be provided by connecting brackets 29 tothe. sides of adjacent flanges, 22 above the plates 26, and arranginghorizontal shelf plates 30 on said brackets. Vertical front plates 31may be mounted on the shelf-plates30 by guide members 32 in theidentical manner in which the front plates 26 are supported by the guidemembers 27. Preferably the front plates 26 and 31 are of such size andso located as not to interfere with the closure of the, compartments bythe closure plates If desired, a suitable scale C for weighing thearticles may be mounted on theupper end of the "standard B from alateral arm 33 secured to a bracket 34 which is attached to the upperend of the standard in any suitable manner.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that different articles may beconveniently and attractively arranged in assorted relation in thevar;ous receptacles and compartments, and in easily accessible position.The receptacles 12 can be easily and quickly mounted upon and removedfrom the display stand, and by removal or changing of the location ofthe plates 26, 31 and the partition member 21, the various compartmentscan be adapted for receiving different articles or for displaying themin different ways. All parts of the display stand are simple andinexpensive in construction and can be easily and quickly assembled anddisassembled. If desired, a second bracket 8 and its complementalreceptacles might be substituted for the bracket 17, the tray 20 and theparts associated. therewith, and by increasing the number of sections ofthe standard and the couplings 5 and 6, any desired number of brackets 8may be associated with the standard.

The brackets 8 and receptacles 12 may be used for displaying large orheavy articles, while the trays or shelves 20 and 30 may receive smalleror lighter articles. Preferably the stand is in general pyramidal inshape so as to be stable against upsetting and also for attractiveness,the larger receptacles being at the bottom so as to stabilize the stand.The articles may be piled on the trays 20 and 30 in an attractivemanner, and the whole stand 'is highly sanitary and pleasing inappearance.

While we have shown and described the invention as embodied in certaindetails of construction, it should be understood that this is primarilyfor the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and thatmany modifi'cations and changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

. 1. A display stand comprising a vertical standard, a bracket mountedthereon and having a plurality of arms in radial relation to saidstandard, each arm having a lateral hook at each side of one endthereof, a receptacle arranged between two adjacent of said arms andhaving openings removably receiving said hooks, and

means on said bracket between each two adjacent arms to be separablyengaged by and support said receptacle.

2. The display stand set forth in claim 1 wherein the last-named meansis a radially projecting lug and said receptacle has an opening toreceive said lug.

3. The display stand set forth in claim 1 wherein the last-named meansis a pair of vertically spaced radially projecting lugs, and saidreceptacle has a portion to removably enter between said lugs.

4. A display stand comprising a vertical standard, a bracket mountedthereon including a hub surrounding said standard and a plurality of 1radially projecting arms, each arm having a lateral hook at each side ofone end thereof, a receptacle arranged between two adjacent of said armsand having openings removably receiving said hooks, and means on saidhub between each I two adjacent arms to be separably engaged by andsupport said receptacle.

DOMINIC J. OFFERY. RUBEN STIER.

